One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods ____ she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and ____ what to do, she began crying. After a while,she____ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. ____ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and ____ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the ____. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a ____.
The girl's parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy ____ that his mistress(女主人)was in danger. He jumped ____ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn't find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a ____ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He ____ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking ____ into the air, the dog ____ through the woods until he found the ____ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his ____ , he saw his mistress's blue shirt in the distance. He ____ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was ____.
When she opened her eyes and her dog standing beside her, the girl said, "you me, Laddy," and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of . That night Laddy had a hero's supper: a huge meal of steak
A.as B.since C.while D.before
A.forgetting B.wondering C.remembering D.regretting
A.decided B.expected C.failed D.preferred
A.If B.Until C.When D.Because
A.cautiously B.carelessly C.hopelessly D.unwillingly
A.trees B.woods C. bushes D.grasses
A.house B.rock C.tree D.stream
A.found B.heard C.sensed D.smelt
A.at B.through C.in D.onto
A.familiar B.strange C.pleasant D.terrible
A.missed B.discovered C.ignored D.followed
A.calmly B.loudly C.merrily D.gently
A.searched B.wandered C.looked D.travelled
A.window B.girl C.house D.hero
A.satisfaction B.disappointment C.embarrassment D.delight
A.climbed B.jumped C.walked D.flew
A.awake B.abandoned C.asleep D.available
A.said B.watched C.observed D.saw
A.disturbed B.rescued C.comforted D.scared
A.pain B.shock C.relief D.sorrow
Enid's wedding(婚礼) dress arrived at five o'clock in the evening, just seventeen 36 before her marriage!
“I must try it on Mother!” she cried, as she ran 37 .Three minutes later Enid's cries brought her 38 up.The dress was much 39 for her. It was like a bag in the front, and the neckline looked all40 . Enid was in 41 .
“Take it back to the dressmaker's,” Mrs Bale said.“She must 42 it tonight. Hurry now. Take it off and go.” The dressmaker's shop was closed.“Closed for One Week's Holiday,” said a 43 on the door. Fresh tears rose to Enid's eyes. She ran home again to her mother.
“This is unlucky,”Mrs Bale said.” But what are we going to do?44 I ask Mrs. Peters to help? She was a dressmaker once. I'm sure she could change it for you.” Mrs. Peters was 45in and began to work. She could see 46 was wrong. She had to 47 it narrower at the front, and that was a big job. Then she changed the neckline. In fact she made it again. At ten o'clock the work was finished, and Enid tried the dress on. It fitted her beautifully.
The three women were having a cup of tea 48 the doorbell rang .Mrs. Bale answered it and 49 into the worried eyes of a 50 woman. The woman was carrying a large flat 51 .“Does Miss Enid Bale 52 here?" she asked breathlessly. “Yes, she's my daughter.” “Oh, I am 53 I've found you! There's been a54 .Your daughter has my wedding dress, and I've got 55 . And I'm getting married tomorrow!” She held out the box to Mrs. Bale.
A.weeks B.minutes C.days D.hours
A.upstairs B.outside C.back home D.about
A.husband B.daughter C.mother D.neighbour
A.smaller B.shorter C.too big D.too long
A.wrong B.pleased C.right D.waste
A.love B.tears C.surprise D.danger
A.measure B.make C.repair D.change
A.voice B.sound C.notice D.saying
A.Will B.Would C.Shall D.Should
A.sent B.brought C.pushed D.taken
A.neckline B.all C.nothing D.what
A.make B.keep C.change D.take
A.then B.until C.when D.while
A.came B.got C.saw D.looked
A.short pretty B.fat young C.slim old D.little quiet
A.cup B.dress C.bag D.box
A.live B.work C.stay D.wait
A.delightful B.sorry C.angry D.glad
A.dress B.change C.mistake D.wish
A.yours B.hers C.the other D.others
Until I took Dr. Offutt’s class in DeMatha High school, I was an underachieving student, but I left that class determined never to underachieve again. He not only taught me to think, he convinced me, as much by example as words that it was my duty to achieve and to serve others.
Neither of us could know how our relationship would develop over the years. When I came back to DeMatha to teach English, I worked for Dr. Offutt, the department chair. My discussions with him were like graduate seminars(研究生讨论课) in adolescent development, classroom management and school leadership.
After several years, I was named department chair, and our relationship shifted(变化) again. I thought that it might be terrible chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr. Offutt supported me through. He knew when to give me advice about curriculum(课程), texts and personnel(人事), and when to let me plan my own course.
In 1997, I needed his opinion about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have. Instead, he encouraged me to catch the chance.
Five years ago, I became the principal(校长) of DeMatha. Once again, Dr Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could depend on him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible wealth of lessons to teach.
After graduating from DeMatha, the writer was _____.
A.quite confident B.rather unconfident C.really famous D.very infamous
A.a post-graduate B.the school principal C.a professor in university D.the department chair
A.the writer encouraged Dr. Offutt B.Dr. Offutt encouraged the writer C.Dr. Offutt won the competition D.the writer won the competition
A.unselfish B.endless C.unfair D.unusual
A.My ambition B.My duty C.My teacher D.My schooling
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. The report was a result of a three-year 36 .
According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a 37 one. The world will be more 38 because the population will continue to grow . The population could be 39 6 300 million, almost 2 115 million more than in 1985 .More people would move into cities, especially cities in 40 countries . Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would 41 have 15 million by then .
Food production will 42 , but not enough to feed all the people . Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, 43 most of the increase would be in countries that
44 produce enough food for their people . Little increase is 45 in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East . Poor farming ways are46 large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts . More farmland is 47 as cities become larger and more houses are built . 48 will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil .Many of the world’s 49 could disappear as more and more trees are cut down . Energy will continue to be a serious problem . The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 50 . They only carried out the situation that 51 today . By changing the situation, by 52 the problems, the picture can be changed . There is 53 time for the nations of the world to work 54 a plan of action . But they warned that 55 too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success .
A.learning B.project C.notice D.study
A.pleased B.pleasant C.safe D.blue
A.dangerous B.beautiful C.crowded D.terrible
A.no more than B.as many as C.as much as D.as large as
A.developing B.developed C.big D.mountainous
A.none B.each C.all D.neither
A.insist B.reduce C.increase D.continue
A.so B.but C.or D.however
A.already B.hardly C.partly D.never
A.wanted B.lacked C.founded D.expected
A.destroying B.protecting C.disturbing D.interrupting
A.saved B.lost C.discovered D.used
A.Air pollution B.Water pollution C.Some diseases D.All farmland
A.Animals B.plants C.forests D.people
A.must be true B.will come true C.can’t be true D.may be wrong
A.settling B.working at C.answering D.dealing
A.no B.still C.less D.plenty of
A.about B.in C.out D.for
A.working B.suggesting C.spending D.waiting
Roy died at an old age with many memories. His life was full of both good and bad memories, but he 26 to remember mostly the good. The bad memories that broke his heart and that he 27 with friends, involved the big war-World War II. So many things about his war experience he remembered 28 great detail.
Roy survived the attack on Normandy-he was part of the second wave that landed. He29 with him the memories of water mixed with the blood of fallen soldiers. He experienced30 , sweat, blood, fire and salt water just to get to the beach. In terror-filled moments that would forever change his life and the history of our world, his life was robbed of innocence(天真) 31 the realities of war engulfed(吞噬)him.
Not too many months later, he found himself cold and 32 . Close to being completely33 from air supplies(供给)because of the weather, Roy and his fellows hung on to what little hope they could have. Then Christmas morning came, the weather cleared long enough for supplies to be 34 and word to spread that other troops would soon be there.
Many of the young men who began with Roy did not make it home 35 . They gave their lives to fighting against the Nazi. Those who did survive would never be the same. Many of them were the most patriotic(爱国的)people you would 36 meet, but most of them 37 war. They had experienced it. They knew its final realities-things got blown up while people were killed, and robbed of their beloved ones.
It is Memorial Day in the United States today. We all pray for an end for the world’s need for young men and young women to be placed in harm’s way. We also need to remember those who paid the huge 38 of wars-costs not counted in dollars, but in lost lives, broken hearts, forgotten innocence, broken families, and terrible memories. And as we remember to 39 those who paid this awful price, we also remember in hopes to see an end to war itself.
Please, in their honor, don’t forget their sacrifices(牺牲). Please, for our world’s sake, don’t forget to pray for 40 .
A.refused B.chose C.promised D.planned
A.shared B.lost C.fought D.valued
A.at B.in C.for D.with
A.took B.got C.brought D.carried
A.fear B.disappointment C.excitement D.courage
A.but B.as C.since D.so
A.sad B.lonely C.wounded D.hungry
A.cut off B.kept away C.left behind D.put down
A.taken B.sent C.dropped D.shipped
A.healthy B.strong C.alive D.safe
A.never B.ever C.already D.yet
A.hated B.liked C.experienced D.missed
A.money B.efforts C.attention D.costs
A.find B.help C.honor D.understand
A.luck B.life C.peace D.happiness
Signs can sometimes be seen at the entrance of a house, expressing that a tramp(流浪汉)has passed. This special sign-language is frequently50 by tramps to inform their 51 whether the host of a certain house is friendly or unfriendly, and to52 them the trouble of making unnecessary calls.
Quite53 one day, I came across a real tramp. He was such a rare sight these days that I stood some distance away and watched him. He was dressed just as a tramp should be in, old worn trousers, and a jacket many sizes too big for him. On his head there was a battered old hat and his boots were so old and worn; they were almost coming into pieces.
But the man himself looked cheerful as if he had not a54 in the world. He rubbed his nose with his forefinger, 55 a funny turn, laid a small parcel 56 the front gate, and began57 a sign made by a former caller. Although the sign was meaningless to me, it must have been 58 , for the tramp’s face lit up with satisfaction. He entered the front gate59 and rang the bell. When the door opened, I saw him raise his hat60 couldn’t hear his words. The61 was very short indeed, for no sooner had he spoken a few words than the door closed fiercely in his face.
I felt62 for him as he walked sadly out of the house. But just as quickly, his face lit up again and he moved quickly towards the gate. There he stopped, looked at the sign, and shook his head seriously as if he had made a bad mistake.63 deeply into his pockets, he produced a piece of chalk, rubbed out the existing sign and made a new one in its place. He stared at it for a moment smiling to himself, then gathered his belongings, pushed back his hat and began walking towards the next house at an unhurried 64 , whistling as he went along.
A.employed B.made C.taken D.put up
A.coaches B.classmates C.fellows D.friends
A.share B.save C.give D.urge
A.in a way B.by mistake C.by the way D.by chance
A.success B.care C.failure D.responsibility
A.gave B.launched C.set D.made
A.by B.to C.in D.behind
A.drawing B.kissing C.correcting D.studying
A.sad B.strange C.funny D.exciting
A.confidently B.innocently C.consequently D.consciously
A.and B.but C.however D.therefore
A.conversation B.introduction C.argument D.greeting
A.happy B.frightened C.capable D.sorry
A.Digging B.Stealing C.Putting D.Looking
A.step B.position C.pace D.situation